Dance The Marchmont Eightsome 4147
Reel · 96 bars · 4 couples · Square (Progression: OnceOnly) · Usual number of repetitions: 1
- Devised by
- John Bowie Dickson (1993)
- Intensity
- 8888/8888/8888/8888/8888/8080/0808/8888/8888/8888/8888/8888 = 92% (whole dance)
- Formations
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- Hands round - 8 - and back (HR;8P;BACK;)
- Advance and Retire (ADVRET;2S;)
- Figure of Eight (FIG8;1C;)
- Reel of four - intersecting (REEL;R4;INTSECT)
- Grand Chain for 8 - half (GCHAIN;8P;HALF;)
- Note: This list may be incomplete and/or incorrect.
- Steps
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- Pas-de-Basque, Skip-Change, Slip-Step
- Published in
Table rows with a green background denote recordings starting with one of the recommended tunes and the usual number of repetitions for the dance (1). A yellow background means a recording with one of the recommended tunes but a non-standard number of repetitions. Recordings with a red background use a different tune and possibly a non-standard number of repetitions.
Recordings whose titles are in
| Name | Artist | Album | Media | Trk | Type | Time | Pace | Clip | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Marchmont Eightsome | Sandy Nixon and his Scottish Dance Band | The Luckenbooth Brooch | CD | 10 | R96 | 1:49 | 36.3 |
The Marchmont Eightsome 4S · R96
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1-8 : All circle 8H round & back 9-16 : Ladies Adv+Ret twice **while** Men dance Figs of 8 round ptnr+crnr (Men dance behind ptnrs to start & finish BtoB in middle facing ptnrs) 17-28 : All dance double reels of 4 across dance giving LH in the middle (Men end in middle) 29-32 : All set to partners & 3/4 turn RH 33-40 : All dance Grand Chain 1/2 way & turn (spin) partners to face in 41-48 : 1s+3s set advancing, 1/2 turn opposite person 2H to face out & dance out to sides, cross & dance to meet partner 49-56 : 2s+4s repeat 57-64 : All turn partners (spin) & dance Grand Chain 1/2 way to original places 65-80 : Set to partners, 3/4 turn RH & dance double reels of 4 across dance all ending in original places 81-88 : Men Adv+Ret twice **while** Ladies dance Figs of 8 round partner+corner (Ladies behind partners to start) 89-96 : All circle 8H round & back
